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New Zealand Herald, Volume VII, Issue 2077, 21 September 1870, Page 2

The auction sale advertisements will be found on the fourth page. The Wellington Pus/ of the 15th, says : — ' Humours have got into circulation within tlie la-t few days, that a Maori employed by tlie t.TOvennnent in a po-ition, to a certain ex:eiit, eoiiti.lential, and where he lias had tin* opportunity of making hiinsel :i,-q oaint e.! ! with the contents of Ooia rniiu-u; papers, has . be.'ii detected supplying inform::! .on to liie j rcb; Is. So far as we understand, the information was not direetly by the parly :dluded I > to any opjnly hostile tr:oe, but tillered through a hody of natives dwelling at no gre.it diManee from the seat, of Government, and who wear the appiaram-e, at least, ot Iriemllies. Kmpiiries hive been m.i ie at the instanee of Jhe t.iovernment, among this body of natives, the result of whi h, we believe, is that is established I*, b»d to put \iaoris into the House, f-..r no earthly purpose but to spend publie money and interrupt puhlie business, bitu emplounu them in where they have the opportunity of aequivin'; intelligence whieh they traUMiiit to our enemies, is worse than foulijh —it is erimiutd.'' The Lyttelton Ti,iifs says :— We learn that the Cevlon ( >ls rrrr of August Oth ixiv.-s t lie number of prisoners taken by the Prus-ians aftt.'r the mout at \\ ei--enhii:as 7 *• inst eat I of oUO, as s-tated in our teie•jraphie summary. Tlie j>ubiie lu re a.e, we

b- lievi-, under tue 1h it a LYtis~ian war frigate is cruising somewhere in 'he South I'aeilie. This is quite correc.. ihe Irigate llertha —of what armament, we are not, aware—was reported (o have arrived about a month ago among the I'avitie Islan U. It thi* is reai'y the ease, we may hear t iiai she lias vhited the l'rencii settlement-, tnere oil 110 lYicnuly errand, 1, it .v.-.s Mini nie nioiiths ago, is rather anxious lo plant ner Hag in the I'aeilie. The half-yearly general meeting of tlie proprietors of the ilank of New Zealand wi.l be held on the 2li'.li October, for the purple of receiving the report for the h ilf-year, ttie election of a director, and oth-'r biiMiie--. Frederick Albert lloare, \\ iili 1111 11*11. end William iloeisworth have heeoine ius-.lveol. — A meeting of the creditors of 11, 11 y Lieorge Collett will take idace 011 tue —St :i iii^:.. ,T it, :md of .John Smith 011 the li 1! ! 1 i::<! 1:11.

Wirope llot-reue Taipari giv,-., no'i -e t-iu! he iu;,-n Is to apiily for his (iiseliar.'e on tit' (iih October. —A meeting of tile ere linns ot >.'o!in .Jaaies Xrelhewuv i? advertised for to-d.iy.

Meetings are advertised to be held in the Moa and Si a Lion Gol i M I'oiiip.iny. — A call ot one shilling ])er share lies been made in the Inverness Gold .Mining Company.

.Messrs. L. I*. Xaihan an<l Co., k. and 11. Isaacs, Lewis Uros.. and T. Phillips «;iv.- a -ti-*e that their business }>remiscs wi'l be cl 'sed on Monday and Tuesday next.

Tlie \WU'nrjftm of the I:sth says : — Itappears that the oili-vrs ot If.At.-*. i.» ila'ea, from the Royal Commander downward-*, are at the prospect of a t»vo-y«*ars* eruise 1:1 Australian waters. Letters irom the vessel denounce the cruel fi*it wliit'h bus so loji_j a time postponed the return of t-h • writers to their native homes, in the most vigorous and expressive language. Mr. C. F. Mitchell ha* residue I tii ■ Chairmanship of the lioar.l. We have received a ropy ot the " Statistical Tables/ 1 in anticipation ot the antra il v-'lume of the statistics of New Zealand for lsd;>, iVom whieh we shall make extracts as future opportunities mav oiler.

We have received seveml oi the Vet* lately passed by the Provincial ihn eminent ot flawUe's l!ay Province.

'flic Civil business of tin* Circuit O.uirl will commence this day. Com u>n ti l Special Juries should be ill attendance this morning, at. ten o'clock. There are only four c.iwe< on the list, nainel", Allan O'Neill v. .I,viu hlelly ; attorneys, J. Kiehmoud and 1. Huddle. H. C. Young v. Nevil Septimus Wuli;-. r, Albert Walker, "Edward Torrens Urissetiden, and Michael Hatmaford ; attorneys, J. iiichmond and J. liussell. George Fraser and The >dore Sandback Tiiine v. Christopher Grreenw.iy; attorneys, T. Buddie and H. A. .Maekechme.

The late unsettled weather lias had the etl'ect of disseminating the seeds of iiilla.-nza pretty evenly throughout the city and ,-üburbs—indeed" the complaint is pretty general, nine persons out of ten irom the prevailing epidemic. Children especially seem to have fallen victims to it, and there is quite an army of little coughcrs to be seer, uiul heard ill at any tine. e trust that a return and continuance ol line weather will have the cfLcl of clearing oti the epidemic.

Were there any practicable war II improve the sweet potiito, its cultivation at tucse islands for export would be a profitable branch of business. It yields, when well cultivated and irrigated 20,00:) pounds to the acre, while corn vieTds only 1500, and sugar from 2000 to 5000"pounds. " A new process of desiccation has been invented and been put into sucec?sful practice, by whieh the sweet pota'.oe is illied and preserved, so as to keep tor any number of years, good, sweet, and valuable as when green. All that will cause decay is gone. It can be packed in warehouses or sent abroad or taken as ships' stores or the like, with entire safety.

In another column vrl'l be found tbc Mining Companies liirr.ited Liability Amendment Act, us passe-l during the .'ale session of ■ the General Assembly. The Primitive }lethodi=ts have held a very ; successful anniversary service at the lhamcs. |